Library Wines

2010 Meritage, Napa Valley

• Double Gold SF Wine Chronicle

Revisiting this wine with over ten years of cellar time affirms why it received a double gold from the SF Wine Chronicle. It is fabulous! Captivating aromatics of black cherry, ripe plum, dark chocolate, fresh bay leaf, and vanilla bean waft from the glass. The cellar time really shows itself through the wines texture. The soft and round palate is a harmonious blend of powerful fruit and savory flavors. Ripe black cherry, pipe tobacco, clove, and vanilla flavors are perfectly melded together. The well integrated tannins show themselves on the persistent finish, which carries on and on. This is complex, decidedly delicious, and exactly what you'd expect from a great Napa blend.

2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon starts with a beautiful aroma of blueberry and black plum, with wisps of light java. The supple tannins and intense fruit flavors of black cherry, and plums, combine with vanilla and baking spices for an excellent structure and beautiful finish. Notes of coffee add to the complexity of this wine.

2010 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon starts out with tobacco, anise, and cedar jumping out of the glass. Currant preserves exist on the nose as well as transitioning into the palate.

2011 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

A ruby red core is accompanied by an ever so subtle orange rim variation. This still has great freshness and leans more towards the savory side. It opens with an elegant bouquet of cedar, graphite, strawberry jam, and bay leaf aromas. On the palate, flavors of ripe strawberry, green tea, black raspberry, pipe tobacco, and cedar are paired with a plump texture, and gentle tannins. The very cool 2011 vintage really shows through in the delightful earthy and savory notes.

2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

• 91 points, James Suckling

"Blackberry, walnut and light chocolate character follows through to a medium to full body, lots of salty, ripe fruit and a flavorful finish."

2014 Martin Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Coombsville, Napa Valley, Family Collection

Now this is a Cabernet Sauvignon that shows off the personality of its Coombsville vineyard site. It opens with aromas of black cherry, sweet cranberry, toasted barrel spices, pencil shavings and flint. Flavors of cherry, red plum, clove, graphite, and smoke glide across the palate in weightless fashion. As the finish goes on and on, the wine’s slightly grippy tannins are finally revealed. It’s a mesmerizing combination of rugged flavor and civilized structure. Drink up!

2014 Meritage, Napa Valley

The 2014 Meritage simmers from the glass with a harmonious bouquet of mulberry, black cherry, clove, and toasted graham cracker. The mouthwatering palate fans out for almost a minute with a kaleidoscope of rich blackberry, plum, blueberry, and raspberry that is lifted by refreshing acidity. The ripe berry medley trails off into a savory finish of tobacco and black licorice. This is a shining example of the range of flavors that can be achieved in a blend. It checks all the boxes, and everyone will find it hard to resist. 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Malbec, 19% Merlot,15% Cabernet Franc, 12% Petit Verdot

2007 Amarone Riserva, Family Collection, Valpolicella

Intense garnet red. Perfume of ripe fruits with a hint of small red berries blending into each other in a sweet vanilla flavored note, lightly spicy with nutmeg. The mouth feel is notably more viscous because of the additional aging and can sometimes have a hint of port although not too sweet. The finish is long, balanced, and beautiful.

2007 Amarone Classico, Family Collection, Valpolicella

Intense garnet red. Perfume of ripe fruits with a hint of small red berries blending into each other in a sweet vanilla flavored note, lightly spicy with nutmeg. Full bodied and warm on the palate, soft and perfectly balanced.

2008 Zinfandel Old Vine, Mendocino

Our 2008 Old Vine Zinfandel shows wonderful bright raspberry, blackberry, white pepper and spice, with coffee and chocolate characters. Aging in new and used wood has lent this wine a subtle vanilla quality that nicely complements the explosive fruit notes.